The Bill of Rights
This is the group of the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
The Constitution is made up of 27 of these, which are changes or additions.
What are amendments?
This person is the head of our country.
Who is the president?
Additions designed to make a document better.
What are amendments?
A government that serves the people of a town, city, or county.
What is a local government?
This is the right to gather signatures to put an issue on a ballot.
What is Freedom of Petition?
This is the number of months it took to write the Constitution.
What is four months?
This person is in charge of our state.
Who is the governor?
These amendments to the Constitution were created by the writers to protect the rights of citizens and create our government's structure.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Guarantee and protect citizens' basic rights.
What are state constitutions?
This right is the freedom to write and publish things, including your opinions in a newspaper.
What is Freedom of the Press?
The Constitution establishes this many branches of government.
What is three?
This branch of government makes the laws. It is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch?
An amendment must be presented to
Who are the Congress (both parts), the Senate, and the House of Representatives?
What is a reservation?
This right protects your ability to gather peacefully in groups.
What is Freedom of Assembly?
This was our nation's first constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government includes the President and enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?"
You are allowed to worship any religion you choose or no religion at all, because of this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
Tribes have an official relationship with the U.S. government.
What is federally recognized?
This is the freedom to voice your opinions using words, symbols, or actions, as long as you don't hurt others.
What is Freedom of speech?
This is the name for the section of the Constitution that starts with "We the People..."
What is the Preamble?
This branch of government, led by the Supreme Court, evaluates and interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the number of terms a President can serve, as limited by an amendment.
What is two terms?
An inherent right to self-govern.
What is Sovereignty?